The Essex Open Racketball/Squash57 Doubles Championships 2025 were held at The Woodford Wells Club on Sunday 16th March. The quality of entry was exceptionally high, with competitors travelling from as far away as Dover to participate. The entries were consolidated into OPEN ‘A’ & ‘B’ draws which meant that there was minimal ‘downtime’ for the players.
Results:
- Open B: as with the UKRB series events, the OPEN ‘B’ is an extremely popular and closely fought event. The opening match on the show court between the Dover travellers set a very high bar for crowd entertainment for the rest of the day. The winners were Tommy Meadows (Dover) and Nick Moore (Dover) who nudged ahead of locals Akhtar Khokhar (Woodford Wells) and Elliott Fowell (Connaught).
- Open A: was of an exceptionally high standard with many matches going the distance. Winners were Billy Jones (Bromley) and Gareth Naidoo (Woodford Wells), Gareth retaining his title, with Amber Marshall (Broxbourne) and Luke Bishop (Broxbourne) runners up by the narrowest of margins.
Action videos from the day can be found in the YouTube Playlist.
A big thank you again goes to all those who helped in the build-up and on the day and the competitors for their sportsmanship throughout. Finally thank you to our sponsors: Reflex International, Karakal and Hills of Woodford
